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DIE FDR CUTTING HARNESS STRAPS. No. 356,662. Patented Ja n. 25, 1887.,

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PATENT FREEBORN B. RAYMOND, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

DIE FOR CU TTING HARNESS-STRAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,662, dated January 25, 188').

Application filed June 1, 1886.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREEBORN B. RAY- MOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe, in the State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Dies for Cutting Harness- Straps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in dies for cutting certain kinds ofleather straps used in the manufacture of harness, which improvements are fully described and illustrated in the following specification and accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof specified in the claims annexed to the said specification.

In the accompanying drawings, representing my improvements in dies for harnessstraps, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the die for forming the saddle-skirt strap. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same through the slot-cutters. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. a is a face view of the same.

My invention relates in particular to the combination, with the cutting-dies, of any suitable shape or form, attached to a suitable body or support, of cutters arranged to slit or perforate the leather, as required in making certain kinds of harness-straps, so that the finished articles can be produced at a single operation in abetter and cheaper manner than they are now manufactured by hand.

In carrying my invention into practice I attach to the edges of a suitable body or support, of a form or outline corresponding with that of the strap it is designed to make, a cutting knife or knives, and I insert in the said body a knife or knives adapted to slotting or slitting the strap at the same time that it is cut. I also provide for ornamenting the straps by means of ribs attached to or formed on the surface of the body of the die between the cutting-knives.

In Figs. 1 to 4. I have represented one form of my improved die adapted to the manufacture ofa kind of strap known as saddleskirts, used on the backbands of harness, and which require to have longitudinal slots formed in them, which are out by the perforated cutters d d. The knives c c, by which the outline of the straps is out, are attached to the body of the die by the screws c at. These knives project a suitable distance beyond the body, be; ing beveled or sharpened on the outside.

The perforated cutters or punches d d are inserted in the body at the proper points to form the slotted openings in the leather strap, the pieces cut from the leather by these dies passing through suitable openings in the body. These cutters may be of any required size or shape, and placed in any suitable location on the body. I also use a circular punch, c, at one end of the body, to form an opening in the leather at this point. The surface of the body between the knives e e is provided with the longitudinal ribs g, which project slightly from. the surface and ornament or einboss the surface of the leather at the same time it is out. These ribs may be given any suitable ornamental form. I) 12, Figs 1 and 4, represent yielding cushions,0f rubber or other elastic material, the function of which is to force the strap out of the die after it has been cut. These cushions are compressed at thetimc the cutting operation is performed.

In the operation of making harness straps by my invention the body of the die is attached (by screws entering the holes f or other suitable devices) to the reciprocating plunger of any ordinary press operated by hand or power, are to be out being placed on a suitable block underneath the die, the finished straps are made therefrom by the reciprocating movement of the cutter with great rapidity and of the ntmost uniformity.

I hereby disclaim the state of the art as shown in Patents Nos. 17 8,845 and 182,408.

I claim 1. The combination, with the die-body having curved cutting-knives e e attached around its edges, of the perforated slot-cutters d (1,.

substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the die-body having curved cutting-knives e e attachedaround its edges, of the perforated slotcutters d dand the elastic cushions b b, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the die-body having curved cutting-knives c 8, attached around its edges, of the perforated slot-cutters d d and the embossing-ribs g, substantially as described.

FREEBORN B. RAYMOND.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. HALL, PETER H. Bnoons.

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